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another season on Penticton’s
Main Street Saturday

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ISSUE 36

F R I DAY, M AY 6 , 2 0 1 1

Council calls for vote
to resolve prison issue
BRUCE WALKINSHAW
Western News Staff

Mark Brett/Western News

LITTLE SENORITA — Hannah Foster gets some help with her traditional Mexican
garb from Amigo Diego Alcaraz during the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at
Columbia Elementary School this week. The annual event celebrates Mexico’s
defeat of the French army in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

Penticton residents and property owners will
decide whether the municipality continues to
pursue the building of a provincial correctional
facility within the city.
City council voted unanimously 5-0 Tuesday
evening to hold a binding referendum on the matter on June 18 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the South
Okanagan Events Centre.
According to the city, the question will read:
“Do you approve of a provincial correctional
centre being constructed and operated within
Penticton city limits?”
The city will budget $50,000 for the process,
which will include mail-in voting; two advance
polls; curb-side voting so people with mobility
issues can vote from their vehicles; and voting
opportunities for the elderly and shut-ins at the
hospitals and seniors locations.
The decision to hold the referendum was made
a day after an anti-prison rally in front of City Hall
drew roughly 40 protesters, including Coun. Garry
Litke, the only member of council not to have
voted to advance two potential Penticton sites
for the correctional centre — one on Campbell
Mountain and the other near the Cantex gravel
pit — as part of a regional submission to bring the
facility to the South Okanagan.
Litke had intended to propose a notice of
motion to initiate a referendum on the matter,
however, Mayor Dan Ashton did so first.
“The opportunity of a correctional facility
being located in the South Okanagan Similkameen
was presented last December, and it has garnered
a lot of attention since then and so it should,” said
Ashton, after thanking the protesters who showed
up at Tuesday’s meeting for expressing their
opinions.
“This council proceeded to investigate this
opportunity, and in doing so held two public information meetings; distributed the facts around the
issue of a facility being in the community as presented to council; attended three communities that

have these correctional facilities located within
their boundaries; and met with three superintendents of the RCMP that are employed by those
municipalities.”
Ashton said council will continue to present
the facts, positive or negative, surrounding the
potential correctional centre as the city continues
its investigation.
“That does not mean we have made a decision,” Ashton said. “It is council’s job to listen to
the citizens of Penticton. And as citizens your decision and direction to council should be made based
on facts, not on rumours and misinformation that
is being circulated within the community.
“This is an incredibly important decision that
needs to be made not only by council but by the
community ... I trust that having this binding referendum will alleviate any concerns by the citizens
that council would be making any decision of this
magnitude without first having the consent of the
community.”
Anti-prison advocate Tom Bijvoet called the
binding referendum a positive development.
Bijvoet, who was at Monday’s rally and
Tuesday’s meeting, is one of a group of residents
who collected about 2,500 signatures on a petition
opposing the building of the prison in Penticton or
the surrounding region.
“Our petition wasn’t calling for a referendum.
It was calling on them to reverse their decision,”
said Bijvoet. “But a lot of citizens have been asking for a referendum in letters to the editor and in
letters to council so I think it is very positive that
they are listening to that call.”
Bijvoet said he will continue to try to persuade
people to oppose the prison, including with the
website: www.nopentictonprison.com.
“From what I have been hearing I think there
is a very good chance that we will win this referendum.”
The late referendum date could have an impact
on the city’s submission, as the Ministry of the
Solicitor General would give the city no assurances that the June 18 referendum date wouldn’t
hurt Penticton’s chances.

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There will be at least one fresh face at the Penticton
Farmers’ Market this year. That will be Stephanie Sundquist,
who just started as market manager about a month ago.
“It’s been an adventure,” she said, describing how she
was getting in tune with the job and setting up for this year’s
markets, which begin on Saturday.
“We’ve got lots of vendors, we have a full slate so far,”
she said. “We have a whole bunch of new vendors as well as
most of the people from last year returning.”
Along with planning out where the vendors will be, making sure there is a good mix of interesting stalls all the way
down the block, Sundquist said they are planning special
events for throughout the season. Already, they have confirmed the Master Gardeners, who will be holding a gardening clinic on May 28.
The market also has a new president this year. Stan
Etters has the top job, while Cameron Smith is now the vicepresident.
The Farmers’ Market, now in its 21st season, is just one
of three popular markets that cover three blocks of Main
Street every Saturday in the summer. There is also the longrunning artisans’ market, rechristened Art Under the Trees
last year, in honour of its location in a park off the 100 block
of Main.
But the new kid on the block is the Community Market
in the 200 and 300 blocks of Main. And according to Barb
Haynes, executive director of the Downtown Penticton
Association, they’re planning a big, colourful kickoff to the
year.
Last year, over 30 non-profit organizations set up booths
to help raise funds and awareness at the Community Market;
this year, organizers are incorporating that community aspect
into the opening day as well.
“There is going to be all kinds of additional activities,
tons of amazing entertainment,” she said, explaining that one
of the biggest activities will be the SOSFest in the 300 block,
bringing together emergency first responders and local nonprofits in a giant open house.
Everyone will be there, she said, with representations
from the fire department, Search and Rescue and the RCMP
and social agencies like Brothers and Sisters, South Okanagan
Victim Assistance Society and Community Resources .
“We are going to do the Child ID program as well, all

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SHOPPERS CROWD Main Street during last year’s Penticton Farmers’ Market. The market opens a new season, along
with the Community Market, this Saturday.

kinds of fun things, there will be lots of give-aways for kids,”
she said. “Lots of fun activities, bouncy castles, climbing
walls, face painting, all of it.”
The Rotary Okanagan International Children’s Festival
is also coming to the market, promoting the ninth annual
event. They will be setting up a booth, but they have their
own colourful event to add to the mix.
“They are going to be handing out a thousand clown
noses, then we are going to be taking a picture from the top
of the building with as many people as we can cram into the
road closure at Main and Westminster,” said Haynes.

“So we’re going to kick the season off with a real community-minded, family-oriented, fun event,” said Haynes,
who describes the market as a community endeavour.
“It’s been this great collaborative adventure,” she said. “I
really believe that your downtown core should be where the
action is, so this gives us the opportunity to see that action
consistently every Saturday.”
All three markets start this Saturday at 8:30 a.m., with
the Community Market running until 12:30 p.m. and the
Farmers’ Market and Art Under the Trees wrapping up at
noon.

Pets place home off limits for convicted Oliver rancher
KRISTI PATTON
Western News Staff

Rudy Harfman can’t go home until his wife
gets rid of the four cats and two dogs living
there.
The Oliver rancher, who was found guilty
of causing injury to animals being conveyed in
February, pleaded with Judge Gale Sinclair on
Monday in Penticton provincial court that all he
wanted to do was go home. Unfortunately for
him, his wife put the pets ahead of her husband.
Harfman cannot control or reside on the same
premise as any bird or animal according to his
sentence.

“I am not giving up my dog and cats and I
can’t ask my tenant to give their dog up,” Celia
Harfman angrily fired back to Sinclair when
he asked what the animal situation was in the
home.
The rancher was given a six-month conditional sentence and 30 months probation in
what is one of the largest seizures of animals in
distress in B.C. history. A total of 121 cows, four
sheep and a donkey were taken from their property in April 2006 after several complaints about
the poor conditions the animals were living in.
There was also 37 dead cattle and sheep found
on the property. Four of the cattle and one sheep
were in critical distress and euthanized onsite.

Harfman was in custody on Monday after
two counts of breach were laid against him.
Crown counsel Nashina Devji alleged that on
April 23 Harfman was driving the transportation truck carrying his cattle to another location
and was overlooking his cattle in a field while
standing on a public road on April 25. She said
Harfman is still on his six-month conditional
sentence during which he cannot possess or care
for any animal.
“Mr. Harfman is doing what it takes to
make it appear he is not caring for them ... the
truth is Mr. Harfman hasn’t given up caring for
the animals and is continuing to be intimately
involved,” said Devji.

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Defence lawyer Jim Pennington told the
court Harfman had no hand in loading the cattle
onto the truck and only had driven because
the person helping did not hold a licence. It
was heard in court that Harfman had sold the
remainder of his cattle to his brother. Part of
the sentencing in February gave Harfman 30
days to dispose of the approximately 40 head of
cattle he had at the time.
A hearing on the two breaches will be held
on May 30 at Penticton provincial courthouse.
Judge Sinclair also imposed a condition on
Harfman to not be found west of White Lake
Road, specifically Orophino Creek Road, until
the hearing.

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and Chris Forster
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behind the 600 block
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line continue to burn
Thursday afternoon.
RCMP were searching for several people seen leaving the
area who may have
been responsible for
starting the ﬁre.
Mark Brett/Western News

When Penticton council asked
residents how they wanted the city
to deal with rising electricity costs,
one of the answers they got back
was by pursuing alternative energy
generating sources.
Tuesday evening council voted
unanimously to apply for provincial funding to investigate the
economic feasibility of generating
hydro electricity at the Penticton
Creek and Greyback Dam.
Coun. Garry Litke, who sits on
the city’s climate action committee
which recommended applying for
the money, pointed out the District
of Lake Country already has such
a facility.
“In Lake Country they have

taken advantage of the fact that
there is a change in elevation of
their water supply,” Litke told
council. “They’ve installed a pelton wheel (water turbine) and have
received awards for it. They generate some electricity from that.
“This is simply to take a look
at whether it is feasible for us to
use the change in elevation from
the Greyback reservoir down to
the water treatment plant ... to generate electricity.”
According to the city’s director
of operations Mitch Moroziuk, a
municipal small hydro feasibility
study was completed in 2008 by a
University of Victoria student.
Moroziuk cautioned that the
study used “ballpark figures that
were obtained from the internet”
and that the manner in which the

Penticton Creek Greyback reservoir
system operates now is different than
in 2008, including the recent expansion of the installation of new technology that allows for more use of
creek water instead of lake water.
The study estimated that the
design and construction costs of
the generation facility would be
around $14.8 million with annual maintenance costs of about
$100,000 a year.
However, it could generate
28,600 megawatt hours a year
worth of electricity, the study calculated, with annual power sales
totaling about $2 million and a
net profit of over $11 million in a
20-year time frame.
“The report concluded that the
generation and sale of electricity is
feasible,” Moroziuk said.

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BUSINESS IN THE CITY
STAGE 1 WATERING
RESTRICTIONS
Are in effect from May 1 to August 31, 2011.
Watch for updated restrictions to appear
throughout the summer! The Stage 1 Water
Restrictions state that landscaping on evennumbered street addresses can be irrigated
on even numbered days of the month and
vice versa for odd numbered street remove
addresses, according to the times indicated:
Automatic Irrigation, 10pm-4am (based
upon your calendar day as of 10pm); Manual
Sprinklers, 6am-8am, 7pm-10pm. Fines for non
compliance can be served - City of Penticton
Bylaw #2005-02. For further information
regarding water restrictions, please contact
the Water Conservation Coordinator at 250490-2562 or visit www.penticton.ca.

Residents can put out a maximum of 2 large
items for pick-up on their regular garbage
day. Accepted items include: furniture, large
appliances and mattresses. Maximum weight
is 90kg/200 lbs per item.
Items not accepted are no renovation waste,
including toilets, plumbing and doors. Returnit Electronics Depot located at JC Bottle Depot,
200 Rosetown Avenue accepts computers,
monitors, keyboards, tvs, microwaves, printers,
audio and telephones. For more information
please call Public Works at 250-490-2500.

PUBLIC NOTICE
REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT
1675 PENTICTON AVENUE
Formerly 1701 Penticton Avenue
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, May 16, 2011 at Penticton City Hall,
171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider
removing the requirement for construction of
a public trail on City lands to provide access to
the Crown and City open space hillside lands

which was a condition of rezoning the lands
located at 1675 Penticton Avenue (Formerly
known as 1701 Penticton Avenue).
Any person whose interest may be affected
by the proposed removal of requirement may
appear in person, by petition or by attorney.
Delegations and Submissions will be received
no later than 12 noon on Monday, May 16,
2011. No letter, report or representation from
the public will be received by Council after
the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Those
persons with special hearing, language or
access needs should contact City Hall at 250490-2400 prior to the meeting.
The above-mentioned supporting information
may be inspected between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding holidays, up to and including
Monday, May 16, 2011, in the ofﬁces of the
Development Services Department and
Clerk’s Department at the Penticton City Hall,
171 Main Street, Penticton, Penticton Public
Library (hours vary), 785 Main Street, Penticton
and the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber
of Commerce, 553 Railway Street, Penticton.

COMMUNITY NEWS
JANE JACOB’S WALK
City Staff and Volunteers will be hosting the
Jane’s Walk on May 7th, 2011. A free event held
each year in cities around the world to celebrate
the work of activist and “urbanist” Jane Jacobs
who was a passionate activist on urban
planning and social issues. Her work “Death
and Life of Great American Cities” introduced
ground-breaking ideas which revolutionized
urban planning and architecture, but also had
a profound inﬂuence on other ﬁelds such as
human rights, and sociology.
City Planning Staff will lead a walk commencing
at 11:20 am on the corner of Winnipeg and
Nanaimo (outside Canada Revenue Agency)
along Westminster and ﬁnishing at Front Street.
A presentation and display will take place at
the Penticton Museum between 12:30-1:30
which will illustrate the work of Jane Jacobs.
The afternoon session will be led by local
historians along Skaha Lake road. The event is
free of charge and everyone is welcome.

An increasing trend of accidental emergency calls are plugging up the RCMP communications centre that services Penticton.
“In the span of two weeks alone in April
of this year, we calculated that just over 110
hours were spent by operators in locating and
verifying abandoned calls which equates to
about eight hours a day,” said the manager of
Kelowna OCC Staff Sgt. Tim Gross. “That
time is exponentially longer for police officers
on the road to follow up on abandoned calls.
The Southeast District 911 Operations
Communications Center, located in Kelowna,
offers service to a combined population of
660,000 people in a vast region between 70
Mile House to the northwest, Golden to the
northeast, Princeton to the southwest and
Cranbrook to the southeast. Last year, the

OCC in Kelowna received a total of 221,073
calls, of which 46,033 were abandoned. Some
53 per cent of those abandoned calls were generated from mobile devices.
Between April 6 and 19, the OCC in
Kelowna received 1,936 abandoned calls with
58 per cent coming from mobile devices. That
is an average of 138 calls per day in those two
weeks alone that Gross said requires operators
and police officers to track down and verify
for emergency.
RCMP said operators are required to call
back dropped calls to determine whether they
are real emergencies. If the operator is unable
to get hold of anyone, attempts to locate the
caller are the next step before a police officer
is dispatched to verify physically. Determining
the location of a cell phone dropped/abandoned call also requires a lot of effort because
it means contacting the cell service provider to

obtain subscriber information, obtaining their
GPS co-ordinates and then dispatching police
to the location.
“Police officers are taken off the road
for hours each day just to respond and verify
abandoned calls. That precious time could be
spent on investigating more serious offences
and responding to real emergencies,” said
Gross.
RCMP said if you accidentally call 911
you should simply tell the operator there is no
emergency. Additionally they ask that you pick
up the phone when you receive a call back after
accidentally dialing the emergency line. This
will avoid having a police officer knocking at
your door. Other tips RCMP offer is to remove
mobile phones and wireless devices from your
pockets while you are driving in a car to avoid
accidental pocket dialing and removing 911
from your programmed speed dials.

Regional district has residents talking trash
KRISTI PATTON

Western News Staff

The regional district
wants the public to come
out and talk trash, in the
literal sense.
Public open houses
and an online survey is
helping guide the Regional
District of Okanagan
Similkameen to develop
a waste management plan
to carry them into the next
20 years.
“Right now our plan
is from 1996, so it is quite
old and a lot of technologies have changed since
then,” said Cameron
Baughen, solid waste
management co-ordinator
for the RDOS. “We have
achieved almost all of the
objectives, so the goal
for the next plan is to set
objectives for the next 20
years.”
The RDOS wants to
hear from residents and
businesses about their
thoughts on proposals for future recycling,
composting and landfill
programs. The programs
proposed in the draft plan
could see a reduction of
more than 70 per cent, saving valuable landfill space
and better protecting the
environment. The major
focus is to maximize the
current landfill space and
not fill it with materials
that can be recycled or
composted.
Some of the initiatives
outlined in the plan include
making recycling mandatory for all multi-family
and commercial developments, set up a waste and
recycling transfer station
at Apex and curbside collection for Carmi, require
composting of all food
scraps once a facility is
in place, consider regulatory approaches to reduce
waste generated by con-

struction and demolition
activities and ban readily
recyclable materials from
being buried in landfills.
Baughen estimated 40
per cent of the landfill
waste is organic.
“A large portion of
our food waste ends up
in the garbage because a
lot of people aren’t composting. For those items
that people can’t compost
easily in their own backyard, we are looking at
devising a program that
will be able to pick those
up,” said Baughen.
Some areas in B.C. are
already using a program
that picks up organic waste.
The Lower Mainland,
Vancouver Island and soon
the Kootenay Boundary
Regional District are communities doing residential
pickup. Baughen said he
has sat on one committee that has developed a
program.
“It’s nice to be able
to see some of the pitfalls
and benefits of this program. We have a chance
to see how that rolls out.
Our goal within the next
five years is to develop
a facility that can take
that material and at that
time start a collection
program,” said Baughen,
adding that would be part
of the longer-term vision,
and once the management
plan is approved they
would take the first step of
studying a location for a
regional composting site.
Open houses were held
in Penticton Summerland
and Osoyoos this week
and will continue in
Keremeos on Monday at
the Elks Hall, in Oliver
Tuesday at the Oliver
Parks and Recreation
Community Hall, in
Princeton on Wednesday at
the Princeton and District
Community Skills Centre

and in Okanagan Falls on
Thursday at the elementary school gymnasium.
Each open house
features a series of display panels for viewing

followed by a 30-minute
presentation and question
and answer period. The
RDOS is accepting feedback on the plan, which
is available at the open

houses or at www.rdos.
bc.ca. Feedback can be
given at the meetings or
by email at beintheloop@
rdos.bc.ca and will be
accepted until May 24.

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well-earned victory. The B.C. Southern Interior
has given the NDP caucus member another strong
show of support and again shown confidence in his ability
to represent his constituents. Now the real work begins.
The next four years will be the most trying and difficult of the Castlegar-based politician’s public career. The
incredible shift in Canadian politics means Atamanenko’s
party has been handed a daunting responsibility. In his
victory speech, he admitted it’s not going to be easy. He’s
right.
When Atamanenko heads to Ottawa to meet with his
new caucus, it will become glaringly obvious that the
NDP will be keeping an eye on the Tories with a crew
of rookies far from battle proven. The NDP’s historic
triumph in Quebec was not predicted five weeks ago and
many of those new MPs must have woken up Tuesday
morning in a state of disbelief.
Now an Ottawa veteran, Atamanenko will be looked
to for support. It will be exciting, but also distracting. With
increased responsibility will come increased demands on
his time, and in turn something will have to give. Will
it be his work in the constituency that helped to get him
elected? Only time will tell.
The other major local storyline coming out of Monday’s
result is the continued failure of the riding’s right. Stephen
Hill became the Conservatives’ third losing candidate.
To say the B.C. Southern Interior has a strong NDP
tilt is not entirely accurate. Reform/Alliance/Conservative
Jim Gouk held the riding for 11 years. He had a stranglehold and also seemed unbeatable. Then a charming,
down-to-earth former school teacher wandered into the
picture.
Atamanenko has his work cut out for him. The next
four years will define his political career and leave voters
with a true understanding of his worthiness for a third
term.

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Harper overcomes media’s message
T

hat the Conservatives won
a majority on Monday
should have been no surprise
to much of the Canadian
media, had they not been
busy cheerleading for anyone but Harper throughout
the election. When it became
apparent early in the campaign that Ignatieff was as
woeful a campaigner as he is
a politician, the folks at CBC,
CTV, Global and the print
media abandoned the Liberal
bandwagon and clambered
aboard the NDP express.
The cheered (by the
media) NDP “Orange Crush”
was much more an invention
of the CBC and their friends
at other media, than a seismic shift in Canadian politics.
Despite the best efforts of the
media, the “Crush” became a
“fizz” and finally a “burp” as
the vote count rolled west.
Quebecers have traditionally voted for whichever
party appears with the highest bid. When convenient,
our francophone minority
has voted for the Liberals,
the Conservatives, the Bloc
and now the NDP. Quebec
now appears to have run out
of parties to blackmail. The
Toronto media and particu-

MARK WALKER
AT RANDOM

larly the CBC have always
been way out in front of the
Quebec voter, providing
cover for Quebecois to justify
choices that perpetually leave
the province on the outside
and forever play the victim
card. Given these realities,
the NDP’s apparent success
in Quebec is not at all surprising.
Leaving aside the dereliction of duty demonstrated
by much of the media, (with
the exception of the newly
minted SunTV) in helping the
NDP sidestep the little issue
of Jack Layton’s comings and
goings at a Toronto massage
parlour, the media also failed
to adequately vet the “slate”
of NDP candidates running in

Quebec. One would think as
the NDP rose in the polls in
the last two weeks of the campaign, a responsible, impartial
media would put the spotlight
on the “up and comers” in the
NDP, particularly when so
many have such unique backgrounds and qualifications.
One can only imagine the ink
spilled and air-time spent had
a Harper candidate decided
to spend the campaign in Las
Vegas.
West of Quebec the media
led “Orange Crush” lost steam
as the Conservative’s consistent messaging and superior
ground game delivered a
solid majority to Harper.
Harper’s campaign won seats
in Greater Toronto and urban
Vancouver, traditional bastions of Liberal/Socialist culture. The NDP failed to ride
the wave in Quebec to any
substantial gains in the West.
The mainstream media was
chagrined.
Many Canadians voted
for Harper. Most Canadians
voted against something,
whether it was against
Harper, Ignatieff, the “Rest of
Canada” or in the case of the
Greens, all common sense.
However, the fact remains the

Conservatives won a majority of seats with the support
of a plurality of voters who
agree with the Conservatives’
vision for Canada.
The media continues to
ponder why their anti-Harper
campaign didn’t work. They
will also continue to deny
the fact that, as a result of
their political correctness,
advocacy for their favoured
causes and disdain for most
Canadians living off Danforth,
the influence the media has
over Canadian opinion is no
longer a factor.
Traditional media and
in large part the “left” in
Canada have drifted so far
from the values and beliefs
of most Canadians that they
have become irrelevant. A big
clue for the media/left is that
when the only people following you on twitter are likeminded journalists and your
favoured candidates, your
message isn’t being heard
by anyone who matters. The
Conservatives understand
this, and for the next four
years at least, Canada will be
better off as a result.
Mark Walker is the publisher
of the Penticton Western News.

Penticton Western News Friday, May 6, 2011

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Letters

Environmental concerns getting sidetracked
An article in the March 24 Summerland Review noted that the
tourist train burns recycled waste oil as a fuel in the 3716 Steam
Locomotive because of the low cost of this fuel.
The 3716 Steam Locomotive consumes 29.1 litres per kilometre and, according to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway, burns
103,225 litres per season. I am interested to know what constitutes
“hazardous recycled waste oil.” The 3716 locomotive was originally built with a coal-fired boiler, but now uses Bunker C fuel oil.
I, as well as many other Summerland residents, have observed
the black smoke billowing out of the 3716 Steam Locomotive
when in operation, a clear indication that the fuel is not being
burned efficiently. What is the toxicity of the air pollution generated by the 3716 locomotive when it burns this hazardous waste
oil?
I am concerned about the air, soil and water pollution generated by the Kettle Valley Steam Railway operation. I believe this
railway operation has the potential to contaminate the Summerland
main water reservoir and Trout Creek if there was ever a large fuel

Keep city prison-free

Regarding: “Do the good people of
Penticton think a prison is going to be a great
help to the community”? I am very new person
to Penticton and the one reason I moved here
was because there was no prison.
I honestly feel that if there were a prison
to be built here, prisoners would love it here
and some would surely stay after a discharge.
Of course, who would not want to stay in a
paradise? After all, there are two lakes and loads
of festivals, etc. for the prisoners when they
are discharged. There would possibly be more
stealing, more theft, more break and enters and
even maybe child molesting. After all, these
prisoners have done different acts of violence,
harm, mischief, assault, and whatever else. How
do we know what they all have done?
I feel everyone should use caution if these
prisoners are to be discharged. There are enough
prisons nearby where these criminals could be
taken, as has been done in the past and is being
done now. It costs the city at least $19,000 a
prisoner to be in prison. Also, it would cost
Penticton more tax money to support these
people. Is this what you want? Penticton is a
peaceful little place and is the most beautiful
place in B.C. There are enough prisons in B.C.
without Penticton wanting or needing one. The
city won’t make money, it would be spending
money ... on the bad man.
It may not do any good to say this but I will
anyway: Please, please, please, do not get a
prison in Penticton.
Vivian H. Clark
Penticton

Senior shares the credit

I was recently the surprised recipient of
the Senior Citizen of the Year award, an award
sponsored and presented by our local Rotary
Club and the City of Penticton.
This was indeed an honour and I thank
both the sponsors and those who nominated
me.
However, I would like to say to all the many
volunteers who have worked with, assisted and
supported me in my various community activities, that this award equally belongs to each
and every one of you. I am just one of many
who endeavour to serve their community, and I
could not do what I do without your help.
Thank you Rotarians and City of Penticton
for honouring the many volunteers who help to
make our community a great place to live.
Evelyn Blaine
Penticton

Study not relevant

In response to Denis O’Gorman’s letter
published on April 15, I would like to say I’m
confused. You are quoting studies and communities in the United States.

spill or fire at the railway work yards.
Google Earth shows where the open water channel supplying water to the main Summerland water reservoir is located.
Summerland’s drinking water is taken from Trout Creek, upstream
and close to the railway yards.
The water then flows in an open channel directly beside the
railway yards and tracks to the main Summerland water reservoir,
which is also in close proximity to the railway operation. A hazardous waste oil spill or fire could pollute our drinking water.
Recall the fire in Kelowna at the Stewart Centre on Kirschner
Road in August 2010 that caused large-scale pollution to the
immediate area, Mill Creek and also caused the closure of some
beaches on Okanagan Lake. Toxic waste contamination was the
major focus of concern.
I sent Mayor Janice Perrino and council a letter on April 4,
outlining some of my pollution concerns regarding the operation
of the Kettle Valley Steam Railway. Mayor Perrino forwarded
my letter to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway for their response.

After rereading the letter twice, I noticed
there was no information relating to the
extremely higher percentage of crime rates in
the U.S. as opposed to Canada. He also failed
to mention the fact that a fairly larger number
of their “prisons” are just that, prisons, both
medium and high security.
The institution proposed for Penticton is
also a remand centre. I believe that while there
are some disadvantages to this idea, there will
also be many advantages. If you are going to
try and advise people against the idea, the least
you could do is research that applies to us as
a people. The U.S. and Canada are apples and
oranges in the area of the law.
Andrea Lee
Penticton

Letter in jest

Good grief! I had just about given up the
ghost and was in the process of packing up my
rod and reel, because I hadn’t had a bite in what
seemed to be forever, except for a little nibble
I got some time ago from Tom Isherwood
(which in turn gave us both pleasure).
I thought for sure I was going to be
skunked, when all of a sudden, a letter in the
Western from Mr. Geoff Burton, April 15,
caught my eye. A tongue lashing in regards to
my criticism of Otto Sturhahn engaging in a
conversation with two on-duty traffic policemen. Holy cow, talk about hook, line and sinker. Biggest darn large-mouth near snapped my
line. A trophy keeper, if I may say so myself.
Matter of fact, well worth getting him stuffed
and mounted, or vice versa.
Come on Geoff Burton; let me pull your
other leg, it’s got bells on too. You hit the nail
right on the head, with your rant and chatter,
about freedom of rights. My sentiments exactly. I don’t think you would recognize humour
if it bit you on the bum, and as far as seeing
Otto Sturhahn going to jail, perish the thought.
Sounds like someone switched your Prozak
for placebo old boy. Now take a big breath and
hold it. Now excuse me while I engage in a
conversation with a brain surgeon while he’s
working, because I’m curious to know what all
those grey squiggly things are for.
Andy Homan
Penticton

Dog ﬁnds new leash on life

This is a message to my former owner:
I am a friendly little five-year-old smallbreed doggie. On April 2 you took me for a
ride but then you dumped me out of your car in
a remote area, in the snow, and drove away.
I don’t know why you did this but I was
very frightened because there were lots of
coyotes and owls there that might eat me. So I
ran up and down the road looking for you and
almost got run over by a car.
But the car stopped and a nice person

Mayor Perrino then forwarded to me the reply letter she received
from the railway. The railway’s response letter, in my opinion, did
not address any of the pollution concerns regarding the railway’s
operation.
The railway must become open and transparent by providing them with all information about their operation. This would
include the Material Safety Data Sheet information on all the fuels
they burn, plans to fight fire, plans to contain an hazardous waste
oil spill, what they do with their own generated waste oil, and
what fuel they have burned in the past. Also, all inspection reports,
including inspections made by the Ministry of Environment,
Environment Canada and Transport Canada, should be made
public.
The railway must not operate the locomotive until they burn a
clean, non-polluting fuel. It must be relocated to reduce the risk of
pollution to Summerland’s water system.
Paul Buddingh
Summerland

picked me up and took me home. She gave
me a bath and some good food and contacted
everyone she could think of to find out if
someone was looking for me, but nobody was.
Then I visited the vet and got some medicine
for my infection.
The vet has now done some more things to
help my thin little body because you didn’t get
his help when I needed care.
Now I am getting healthy and feel very
happy. My new friend knows that you just
didn’t want me any more. Good-bye.
Marilyn Ray, on behalf of Dexter
Penticton

Focus on wellness

The study by the WSU research team who
concluded that prison towns do not experience
economic development once they are known as
a prison town was insightful — thank you D.
O’Gorman.
Had I known that Penticton would be having a prison I would not have moved here.
Since this area is fast becoming a retirement
community, we have to keep in mind that
seniors are vulnerable victims and daytime
home invasions are on the rise. When a prisoner is released they do not get a free ticket
out of town, but end up on the local streets.
Just recently a killer escaped from a minimumsecurity prison in Mission, B.C. (Tell me what
he was doing in minimum security?) Talk about
a negative environment, people living in fear.
Why can’t the city go for a positive environment like wellness development, which would
attract both professional and nonprofessional
workers (when you are new here it is impossible to find a family doctor). The goal would
be to become the centre for research and
health care for the Interior. Areas like geriatrics
(Alzheimer’s, diabetes and eye care) research,
cancer and mental health, to name a few, are
just some topics that affect all of us in one
way or another. It would be a very long-term
endeavour, but one that contributes to our wellbeing, not diminishes it. This website (www.
avdha.nshealth.ca/community/ekchb/ downloads/ekchb_healthplan05.doc) is an example
of a caring positive community.
And there are other numerous options this
city can take. Retirement communities are popping up and some very innovative ideas are
making retirement years exciting, comfortable
and providing employment for everyone. As an
example, Elliot Lake, Ont. has a website that
promotes retiree living. What we have here
now is very disconnected and scattered.
This city council needs to look at long-term
goals and discard the tunnel vision that limits
Penticton to narrow, quick and easy, short-term
fixes that divide the community.
Teri Noriega
Penticton

Contrasting images

It is interesting that on the front page of the
Western News (April 8), a gentleman such as
Mr. Grauer is shown hard at work for the benefit of our community, without any expectation
of a reward.
While a week later, the Western News
prints a picture of our mayor indulging himself
on the earnings of hard-working citizens.
One man selflessly contributes to the integrity of mankind and sets a shining example for
our youth while the other man makes Penticton
his playground and selfishly feeds his own
agenda.
Surely our world is proven to have become
topsy-turvy when we condone this mayor to
be a representative for us. A vote for Mayor
Grauer, anyone?
Monica Hoffman
Penticton

Eyesore on upper Carmi

No matter how often I see it, I am amazed
and disgusted at the people who will dump
their household garbage, furniture, appliances, barbecues and other refuse along the
side of the road on Beaverdell Road, Stewart
Creek forestry road and the small side roads.
I have to wonder what type of person
finds it acceptable to dump their crap — to
be cleaned up by others or left to sit for years.
The dump is just as far up the mountain a
bit further north. Is it the $5 fee you don’t
want to spend? Or is it more like general
disrespect?
Forestry and the RDOS cannot be everywhere to monitor anti-dumping. For this
reason, I think hefty fines should be levied to
the dumpers and the reporting parties should
receive half the proceeds.
Dana Johnsen
Penticton

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Letters
DeďŹ ning the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems
So now we know the real
reason why the city hired a
big city firm to look after its
communications needs despite
the availability of high-quality
local communications talent,
In an article our CAO is quoted
as saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the (companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) background and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
significantly sophisticated.â&#x20AC;?
Sophisticated? Really? Is
that what we need? Consider
the Wiktionary definition of
the word sophisticate: Make
less natural or innocent; practice sophistry; change the
meaning of, or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive;
alter and make impure, as with
the intention to deceive; make
more complex or refined.
To make it even more
stark, the word sophisticate is
derived from the Greek word
sophist, the meaning of which
is one who reasons with clever
but fallacious arguments. The

modern equivalent of this is
â&#x20AC;&#x153;spin doctoringâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the use of
disingenuous, deceptive and/
or highly manipulative tactics
to influence public opinion
(Wikipedia).
Now I will agree that
another loose definition of a
sophisticate is a worldly wise
person. However, in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
highly mobile and connected world, one does not have
to live in the big city to be
worldly wise. If that was what
our council wanted, there is
abundant local highly qualified
talent that would have been
able to do an excellent job. If
our city council truly wanted
to reach out to its constituency
to share knowledge, improve
understanding and promote
engagement, I believe they
would have tapped into this
local talent pool.
However, if their communication goals were to make

things seem what they are not
and to manipulate public opinion, then I guess itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising that they would hire a big
city sophisticate to help them
spin their messages, knowing
that our local communications
talent would have trouble with
such shady practices.
We can hardly blame our
new CAO, whose job it to
follow the policy instructions
of council, who then hung her
out to dry by saying it was
her decision. Knowing this is
where their values are, perhaps
itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing for them that
none of our local communications experts were hired.
With municipal elections
looming, I think our citizens
should be very interested in the
intentions and the ethics of our
council as illustrated by this
decision.
Gerry Karr
Penticton

Friday, May 6, 2011 Penticton Western News

A show of heart

On behalf of the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of B.C. and Yukonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Okanagan area office, I
would like to offer heartfelt thanks to the people
of the Okanagan for their continuing support of
the foundation during Heart Month.
Heart disease and stroke are cutting the
lives of Canadians short. Your donations during
Heart Month support research, health promotion
and advocacy to help Canadians live longer,
healthier lives. This year alone, your donations
have allowed us to: fund $5 million in worldclass research in B.C., launch the My Heart &
Stroke Health mobile app to help Canadians
reduce their risk for heart disease and stroke,
and continue our stewardship role in developing
the B.C. Stroke Strategy for province-wide
improvements in the prevention and treatment
of stroke.
With your help we are moving one step
closer to realizing our vision of generations free
from heart disease and stroke.
Suzanne Pugh, area manager
Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon

Keep manager in current position

It was with great disbelief that I read about
the city of Penticton hiring a new general manager for our new and improved Community
Centre (April 15 Penticton Western News).
Mayor Dan Ashton makes a statement

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that he and council listened to the community and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is no change.â&#x20AC;? I, and those
in Penticton who rallied for keeping our
Community Centre public, beg to differ. Part
and parcel and at the heart of what we recognize
as the Community Centre, is its recreation manager, Dave Lieskovsky.
To have this extraordinary man who has
performed his job in the area of recreation in
an exemplary manner over the past 26 years
be forced into a lateral transfer into building
and facilities makes no sense. Mr. Lieskovsky
is a driving force in the planning and completion of the new facility. How can it be that the
reward for almost three decades of dedication,
is to be denied the right to work in his area of
expertise?
As the article explains, Mayor Dan Ashton
and his council are acting on the advisement
of the new city manager, who is also new to
Penticton. As such, it may be that she is not fully
cognizant of Mr. Lieskovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifetime of expertise, commitment and value to our community.
So I implore all you Penticonites who believe
in the true spirit of the community of Penticton
to write Mayor Dan Ashton and his council and
ask them to reconsider this poor decision. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
keep Mr. Dave Lieskovsky in the heart of our
recreation centre where he belongs.
Karen Boyd
Penticton

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Gaining insight into the artist and the
chosen work is an education for the public
as well as the participating artists, according
to Haubrich. The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creations make the
point that copying an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is actually
the ultimate compliment to the original artist.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhilarating, you work so close to the
piece â&#x20AC;Ś you get to know the artist,â&#x20AC;? she said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do a bad job of it. We want
to honour their work.â&#x20AC;?
Haubrich said the group has already decided on the subject for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art theft: Grant
Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic painting, American Gothic.
But since the painting, depicting a stoic farmer
and wife has been parodied, satirized and, well,
ripped off thousands of times already, they are
adding an extra twist.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year it will be a double Rip-off, as
we will be using Grant Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting and
each of us artists will chose another famous
artist and create American Gothic in that style,â&#x20AC;?
said Haubrich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we would have perhaps a

Van Gogh, Picasso or Modigliani American
Gothic.â&#x20AC;?
Haubrich, who lived in Japan for five years,
is already planning a piece done in the style of
a japanese woodblock print, with a geisha and
samurai in place of the farming couple.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are lots of different approaches
from other artists and in different media.
Not everyone is painting,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We
have installation artists, and artists that paint
on furniture, weavers, quilter â&#x20AC;Ś everybody
will have their own approach, it will be quite
exciting.â&#x20AC;?
Visitors are welcome to cop a peek at the
show hosted by Leir House, 220 Manor Park
Ave. in Penticton. The works will be on display
May 12 to June 23, Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. An opening reception will be held
May 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been ripping off well-know artists
for years; so long that they are now staging an
exhibition of their particular brand of art theft
at Leir House next week.
The Rip-off Artists, a South Okanagan
group named for their annual pilfering of a
famous dead artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masterpiece, join forces
every summer to interpret a masterpiece by a
famous artist in their own way and favourite
media, learning new skills and having fun
along the way.
Encaustic artist Thea Haubrich, one of
the founding members of the group, said they
wanted to mark the fifth anniversary of the
group in a special way.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to do that with an exhibition
bringing all the works together,â&#x20AC;? she said. The
show starts at Leir House on May 12, running
until June 23, then the artists will have a couple
of weeks before this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rip-off event, which
takes place from July 4 to 9.
The 10 members, headed by ringleader,
fibre artist Terry Irvine, each work in their own
medium. Along with Haubrich, the members
of the gang are quilter and painter Enid Baker,
quilter Dianne Birnie 3-D artist Kurt Hutterli,
weaver Barbara Levant, woodworker Leo
Pedersen, collage artist Marion Trimble, fine
artist JoAnn Turner and digital photographer
Russell Work.
The first year, the artists stole a landscape
from Van Gogh. The following year, a portrait
by Gustav Klimt was pilfered. Next, a tulip
by Georgia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe was deftly plucked. Last
year the group hoisted one of Lawren Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
mountain vistas. Each year the popularity of
this larcenous group has grown, drawing a
large following of art lovers.
The Rip-off Artists Retrospective Show
is the first exhibit of the entire body of work
produced by the group. Haubrich estimates
there will be about 35 to 40 artworks displayed
in Leir House, representing the range of media
the artists work in.

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Arts & Entertainment

Women’s Centre
offers comedy
STEVE KIDD
Western News Staff

The Penticton and
Area Women’s Centre is
looking for a few good
audience members.
Tonight is the start
of their annual Mother’s
Day theatre fundraiser, which, this year, is
a production of Trish
Johnson’s comedy, The
Art of Self-Defence.
PAWC’s executive director, Bernadette Otto,
said they hope to fill all
the seats in the Cannery
Theatre to raise funds to
support their work.
Otto explained that
this year’s play, which
follows the experience of
a group of women from
varying backgrounds taking a self-defence class,
was chosen because it
focuses on women and
their relationships.
“Over the years,
they come to get know
each other, and this is
their experience,” she
said, explaining that the
money assists the centre
in providing a range of
programs.
“The programs are
geared to people with
low incomes and disabilities and we assisted with
support and advocacy …
we are here as a listening
ear,” she said, listing the
various advocacy services they provide, including legal and disability.
“Lots of listening ears.”
The centre, she said,
is very dependent on
fundraisers like this one
in order to keep going.

“We don’t get any
major government funding or anything like
that. We are extremely
dependent on donations,”
said Otto. “We usually
have sell out crowds, but
this year, unfortunately,
we didn’t get any funds
to help without promotions.”
That means, said
Otto, they are trying hard
to get people to come
out to the shows, which
run Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. Every year is
different, she continued.
And while quite often it
has been a sellout, this
year there are still tickets
available.
“It is one of our
major fundraisers. It’s
one we have had every
year,” she said. “We’ve
had various plays and
we’ve done it every year
for a decade, maybe even
15 years now. And we
always do it on mother’s
day weekend.”
Tickets for the 8 p.m.
Show on May 6 and 7
are $20 or $25 for the
May 8 matinee at 2 p.m.,
all in the Cannery Trade
Centre Theatre. Sunday’s
performance is dedicated
to all mothers and the
ticket price includes a
high tea presented by
Opus Restaurant. Doors
open at 12:30 on Sunday,
7:30 p.m. for the evening
performances on Friday
and Saturday.
Tickets are available
at the PAWC office on
Martin Street or at the
Wine Country Visitor
Information Centre.

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Entertainment
BARLEY MILL PUB — Karaoke 2.0 every
Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 p.m. Thursday: Big
Slick Poker at 7 p.m. Watch sports on 23 TVs and
one 11-foot screen.
COPPER MUG PUB — Big Slick Poker on
Sundays at 7 p.m.
GREY SAGE PUB — Free pool every Sunday,
poker and prizes every Tuesday, music bingo every
Wednesday and karaoke with Sky every Thursday in
the OK Falls Hotel. Sports on the big screen.
VOODOO’S — Thursday Night Blues Jam features
an incredible lineup of musicians from the South
Okanagan, both pro and amateur including horns,
harmonica players and a number of the best guitarists,
drummers and singers in the area.

Concerts
May 6 — Lou Lou and the Scrappers will be performing at Medici’s Gelateria and Coffee House in
Oliver. Romantic and sweet, classy and chic. Lou Lou
and the Scrappers are more than just beautiful tunes
from the romantic past.
May 6 — Vancouver’s Bear Mountain, a composer,
electronic DJ and old-time heart-break-on-the-mountain style acoustic vocalist is performing at VooDoo’s.
Also on the bill is Vancouver guitarist Arn Rhys.
May 6 — Danielle Savage will be performing in
the Cobblestone Wine Bar and Restaurant at the
Naramata Heritage Inn and Spa at 8 p.m.
May 6 — Spring into Fridays at the Penticton Yacht
and Tennis Club with some of the Okanagan’s brightest musicians, featuring Nikita Afonzo this week,
starting at 7:30 p.m.
May 8 — Ethan Collister live in concert at the
Penticton Art Gallery. Starts at 7 p.m., doors open at
6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for gallery members and
students, $15 for non-members, available at 250-4932928 or visit www.pentictonartgallery.com.

Events
May 6-8 — The Cawston Players present Limbo
a comedy about Agatha, an eccentric resident in
between life and death in limbo who guides the newlydead Michael as he copes with the romance between
his widow and his best friend. The play opens at 8
p.m and tickets are $10, available in advance tickets
at Cawston Marketplace, Similkameen Agencies or
call 250-499-5417.
May 6 — First Fridays Open Mic at the Penticton Art
Gallery, doors open at 7:30 p.m. Call the gallery at
250-493-2928 or visit www.pentictonartgallery.com
for more info.
May 7 — Treasures from the Attic rummage sale
and silent auction at the Penticton Art Gallery from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., silent auction closes at 3 p.m.
Antiques, art books, collectibles, jewelry and more
will be on offer.
May 6, 7 — SOAP Players present Neal Simon’s
comedy, The Odd Couple (female version) in the
SOSS Theatre, Oliver at 8 p.m. $15 adults, $12
seniors and students at Sundance Video in Oliver and
Your Dollar Store in Osoyoos or at the door. Call 250498-3597 for information.
May 6, 7 — The Dream Café presents Tuesdays With
Morrie, starring Antony Holland in his Jessie Award
winning role as Morrie, based on the true account by
Mitch Albom of an encounter with his former college
professor, Morrie Schwartz.
May 13 — Chamber Music at St. Saviour’s presents Handel to Mozart, an evening of classical
and contemporary music featuring soprano Tracy
Fehr, flautist Antonia Mahon, organist Christine
Purvis, and pianist Dennis Nordlund, in a selection of
solos, duets, and ensembles. Tickets are $15 for adult,
$10 for youth, and free for under 12 and are available
from St Saviour’s Church, Penticton Academy of
Music, Lifesong Books and at the door.

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LUKE WALKER and Vin Deisel go for a breakneck ride on a corvette in Fast Five, the latest installment
in the Fast and Furious franchise.

Fast and Furious not out of gas
T

here’s a certain
freedom in knowing exactly what you’re
going to get. A Big Mac
sandwich, no matter
where you order it in
the world, is two patties, special sauce, lettuce, onions, pickles
and a sesame seed bun.
Certainly isn’t gourmet,
but I know juuuuust
what it’s going to taste
like, and there’s comfort
in that.
Same deal with a
Fast and Furious movie.
Profound, intellectual
material frolics on some
other playground. Here,
it’s ridiculously fast cars,
equally absurb muscledup dudes, a whole lotta
tattoos, babes and guns.
Nothing more, nothing
less. Like the aforementioned sandwich, it
is junk food. But it’s also
comfort food. And that’s
not exactly a bad thing.
The really great
news, the latest round
for Vin Diesel and company … a fifth adventure
in the series titled, conveniently enough, Fast
Five, is extremely ambitious. Half the brains,
but full throttle? Sounds
par for the course with
this crew.
Diesel, Paul Walker
and Jordana Brewster
return for Fast Five. At
the beginning of the film,
Dom (Diesel) is busted
out of prison by his loyal
sister Mia (Brewster)
and cop-turned-antihero
Brian (Paul Walker);
it’s an absurd yet jawdropping opening to a
movie that, thankfully,
never really eases up on
a rather peppy pace.
The trio flees to Rio,
where the decision is
made to rip off a drug
kingpin (Joquim de
Almeida), but first, they

have to assemble a dream
team; Tej (Ludacris),
Han (Sung Kang),
Roman (Tyrese Gibson),
Gisele (Gal Gadot) and
the explosives/comedy
relief duo of Leo and
Santos (Tego Calderon
and Don Omar). Rewind
the tape on the Fast and
Furious series, and each
one of these characters
has played a part in
shaping the franchise —
even though you’d probably have to be a big fan
to realize that. Still, the
concept carries a bit of
an Ocean’s Eleven feel
to it, and that’s kinda
cool.
Oh, before I forget,
there’s also a ruthless
cop on the team’s trail,
Luke Hobbs (Duane
‘The Rock’ Johnson).

JASON ARMSTRONG
AISLE SEAT

And if you’re thinking
it would be fun to see
the Rock slug it out with
Diesel … you’re right, it
is fun. Brief, but fun.
Fast Five isn’t plausible. I don’t even want
to get into the finale …
suffice to say, the law of
physics are severely tested … but honestly, were
you expecting anything

FIRE

less? The crazy thing is,
Fast Five sets itself up
for yet another sequel,
and this thing is such
a sweet shot of adrenaline, I don’t overly dread
it. There’ll come a time
when the vehicle is running on fumes, but it
ain’t there yet.
Out of a possible five
stars, I’ll give Fast Five
a three and a half.
The feature is currently playing at the
Pen-Mar Cinema Centre
in Penticton.
Jason Armstrong is a
movie reviewer living in
the Okanagan.

Tickets available from choir
members, Naramata Store or
Wine Country Visitor Centre
Penticton United Church
A limited number of tickets will be
available at the door but getting tickets
in advance is strongly suggested.

The RCMP and Crime Stoppers
are seeking the public’s assistance
in identifying two females (pictured)
who are persons of interest regarding
a theft from one of the bait cars in the
Penticton area. Anyone with information that could assist is asked to
contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 or go to the website at www.
southokanagancrimestoppers.ca for
other anonymous ways of passing
along information.

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Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance
in locating the following
individuals who are wanted on provincewide warrants as of May 4.
Donald Ralph Apps
is wanted for
breach
of probation.
Apps
is desApps
cribed
as a 34-year-old Caucasian
male, five-foot-seven, 136
pounds, with brown hair
and hazel eyes.
Tyler Jonathan Berg
is wanted for
breach
of undertaking.
B e r g
is desBerg
cribed as
a 22-year-old Caucasian
male, five-foot-eight, 125
pounds, with brown hair
and green eyes.
Bela
Bokor is
wanted
for break,
enter and
theft,
theft
Bokor
and failing to appear under the
Identification of Criminals
Act. Bokor is described as
a 58-year-old Caucasian
male, five-foot-seven, 190
pounds, with brown hair
and blue eyes.
Douglas
William
Smith
is wanted for
assault
causing
b o d ily harm.
Smith
Smith
is described as a 46-yearold Caucasian male, fivefoot-10, 181 pounds, with
brown hair and brown
eyes.
Tana
M a e
Wyatt
is wanted for
breach
Wyatt
of undertaking. Wyatt is described
as a 27-year-old black
female, five-foot-six, 125
pounds, with brown hair
with brown eyes.
Crime Stoppers will
pay cash for information
leading to the arrest of
these individuals. If you
see them, do not approach,
but call Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-8477 or leave a
tip at www.SouthOkanagan
CrimeStoppers.ca
or
Text “sostips” and send
your info to CRIMES
(274637).

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Event spells success for literacy

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REBECCA SELVIG
Western News Staff

It was hard to find anyone
at a loss for words at the second
annual Adult Spelling Bee
Challenge hosted by Literacy
Now at the Penticton Golf and
Country Club on Tuesday.
With the venue and registration at full capacity, and
almost $2,400 raised with proceeds going towards literacy
projects in the South Okanagan
Similkameen region, the event
certainly was a success.
The competition was created
to support and raise awareness
for literacy by bringing citizens
of all ages from the community
together.
“We’re trying to support literacy from birth to seniors,” said
Naomi Ludington, the event coordinator. “It’s the foundation of
everything we do ... It’s something that has to be nurtured and
worked on continually.”
Literacy Now supports initiatives with focal points in health,
family and the adult workplace.
With double the participation of
last year, 12 teams contended
for the title of 2011 Spelling Bee
Champions.
“Oh, the win — it was
just so cool,” said Donna

MEMBERS OF THE Okanagan College Smellers team (left to right) Jan Higgins, Greta Holt and
Karen Fort ham it up during the Literacy Now adult spelling bee at the Penticton Golf and
Country Club Tuesday.

Henningson, spokesperson for
the Man and Women in Black
team of colleagues from the
South Okanagan Women In
Need Society, a non-profit society that assists abused women.
“We deal with gals who are
from a variety of walks of life,

some of whom are struggling to
get on with their lives. Literacy
is a huge part of them doing it
... It’s something we want to
support.”
The most difficult word that
the Man and Women in Black
came across was ‘proboscis,’ an

elongated appendage from the
head of an animal or insect used
for feeding or sucking, such as
the trunk of an elephant.
“I’m an English major, I’m
a former reporter, but proboscis
went right over my head,” said
Henningson with a laugh.

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ELKS CLUB on Ellis Street
has drop in darts/pool and
karaoke by Anita starts at
7 p.m.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF
Eagles has dinner from 5
to 7 p.m. Proceeds to charity. More than Meatloaf
with Steve and Celeste
Presby at 7 p.m. All members and guests welcome
to their hall of 1197 Main
St. Designated driver
on duty.
SENIORS’
COMPUTER
CLUB meets at the Leisure
Centre, 439 Winnipeg St.
Members drop-in from 1
to 2:30 p.m. in the main
hall. Call 250-493-0789
for more information.
SENIORS SINGLES LUNCH
Club welcomes 65-plus
each Friday. For location
call 250-496-5980 or 250770-8622.
SENIORS’ DROP-IN CENTRE
has beginner’s line dancing at 1 p.m.
PDSCL has bingo at 1
p.m. in the Leisure Centre
on Winnipeg Street. Call
Tarra at 250-490-0200,
ext. 1 for more information.
ANAVETS HAS KARAOKE
with John (Cash) Hodson
at 6 p.m.
SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN
Centre on 2965 South

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so that a volunteer can stop
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FREE POLE WALKING
Clinic at 9 a.m. at the Rose
Garden parking lot. Learn
how to turn a simple walk
into an effective, efficient
total body workout. Demo
Poles supplied. Call Jana
at 250-487-4008 for more
info.
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
Church on North Victoria
and Blair in Summerland
will be holding a garage
sale, bake sale, plant sale
and pancake breakfast for
$4. Event begins at 8 a.m.
For info call Carol at 250404-0447.
PENTICTON ART GALLERY
is excited to present their
yearly rummage sale/
silent auction from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the art
gallery. This event features unique secondhand works of art and
craft along with valuable
treasures from the gallery
and the homes of supportive gallery patrons. If
you have any collectibles
gathering dust in your
closets and would like to
put them to work in support of the Penticton Art
Gallery, please contact
us to make arrangements
for drop off or pickup.
250-493-2928.
THE ROMP STATUE is ready
to be installed after being
from Marina Way Park in
2009. The reinstallation
will be at 1 p.m., and
Penticton’s children are
invited to come as the
dedication of the Romp
will be to our youngest
Pentictonites.
PENTICTON FARMER’S
MARKET on the 100
block of Main Street is
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(Fairview Plaza). For table
rental and more information please call 493-6604.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF
Eagles every has hamburgers and fries from
noon to 4 p.m. Terry
Leggett Memorial Golf
Tournament 10 a.m. Skaha
Meadows Golf Club. Nine
and Dine for $39 includes
steak dinner, and many
prizes, sign up sheet at
the Aerie. Members and
guests welcome to hall on
1197 Main St. Designated
driver on duty.
GRANDMOTHER’S FOR
AFRICA in Oliver are having a garage sale on the
corner of 348th and 97th
(across from Super Valu)
at 8 a.m. Proceeds go to
Stephen Lewis Foundation
and Grandmother to
Grandmother campaign.
THE B.C. SPCA is having an open house from
noon to 3 p.m. at 2200
Dartmouth Dr.
PENTICTON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY is having a spring
dirty book sale starting at
10 a.m. All proceeds support the library.
PEN HIGH DRY grads are
having a bottle drive in
the Pen High parking lot
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Funds from the drive will
go towards the grad celebration. If you are unable
to attend, email penhi-

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Main St. is having an evening of dance with Buzz
Byer. Music starting at
7:30 p.m. $5 per person.
All welcome.
THE PENTICTON GEOLOGY
and Lapidary Club
is holding its annual
Demonstration Days from
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Saturday from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. at the Cherry Lane
Shopping Centre.
UNITED
PENTICTON
CHURCH is having a gigantic yard sale. Antiques,
collectable tables, books,
toys, kitchenware will be
among the items available.
Open Friday from 4 to 7
p.m. and Saturday from
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring a
quarter for the door.

12:30 p.m.
ELKS CLUB on Ellis Street
has crib at 10 a.m., meat
draw at 4:30 p.m. Mothers
Day Dinner prime rib dinner upstairs hall. Music
by Flashback. Tickets in
advance.
RUMMAGE PLANT AND bake
sale is from 7 a.m. to noon
at the Holy Child Church
on Rosedale.

SUNDAY
May 8

SUNDAY EVENING DANCES at
7 p.m. with DJ Emil Sajna
at the South Main Dropin Centre on South Main
St. Call 250-493-2111 for
more info.
ELKS CLUB on Ellis Street
has dog races at 2:30 p.m.
ANAVETS HAS HORSE races
at 2:30 p.m. and meat
draws.
THE CELEBRATION CENTRE
and Metaphysical Society
has Aggie Stevens discussing Use Your Intuition at
10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF
Eagles has Lorraine’s
chicken wings from 4 to 6
p.m. Members and guests
welcome to hall on 1197
Main St. Designated driver
is on duty.
RIVERSIDE FITNESS AND
Health is having a free
group centergy at 3:30
p.m. Grow longer and
stronger as you explore
this 60-minute journey on
Mother’s Day of gentle
yoga and pilates movements. Positive uplifting
music, group dynamics
and supportive instructors
will enable you to center
your energy, reduce stress
and even smile.
THE 28THANNUAL Mother’s
Day Walk for Peace will
be at 2 p.m. at the Oroville
& Osoyoos International
Border crossing and Park
on Hwy 97. Canadians
meet at 1 p.m. at the
Haynes Point Provincial
Park and walk down Hwy
97 to the grassy space at
The Border. Bring a chair
or blanket, umbrella, water,
chair, snack, singing voice
and lots of good will.
OKANAGAN NETWORK FOR
the Environment presents
Penticton Green Drinks
on from 2 to 4 p.m. in
the WheatGrass Cafe
at Wholefoods at 1770
Main Street. Special guest
speaker Sally Kilburg will
discuss the exciting and
up coming Meadowlark
Festival.

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FITNESS FRIENDS MEET
every Monday in the hall,
502 Martin St. at 10 a.m.
Come and get in shape,
everyone is welcome.
Phone Dot 492-5400.
SENIORS’ DROP-IN CENTRE
has beginner’s line dancing at 9 a.m. scrabble at
10 a.m., carpet bowling at
10:45 a.m. and intermediate to advanced line dancing and duplicate bridge
at 1 p.m.
AL-ANON has a meeting
for friends and family,
men’s only at 7 p.m. at the
United Church. Call 250490-9272 for info.
SENIOR’S
COMPUTER
CLUB has sessions at 439
Winnipeg St. from 1 to
2:30 p.m. Call 250-4930789 for more info.
SENIORS
WELLNESS
SOCIETY has stress and
relaxation from 1 to 2:30
p.m. at the United Church
on 696 Main St.
ANAVETS HAS POOL
leagues at 7 p.m.
PENTICTON ACADEMY OF
Music has a children’s
choir every Monday from
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for kids
aged five to 12 at the Leir
House on 220 Manor Park
Ave. Also, from 7 to 8:30
p.m. a ladies choir. New
members welcome.
SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN
Centre has table tennis
starting at 7 p.m. at 2965
South Main St. For more
information call Francis at
778-476-4916 or Brian at
250-492-0578.
SOUTH OKANAGAN SENIORS

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Community Calendar

Wellness Society has
Buddhist meditation from
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 696
Main St. United Church.
For info call 250-4877455.
BC SPCA FLEA market
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
weather permitting at Real
Canadian Wholesale Club
parking lot at Main &
Carmi.
ELKS CLUB on Ellis Street
has drop in fun darts, all
skills level welcome. starts
at 7 p.m.

cing at 9 a.m. and a luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
SQUARE DANCE CLUB has
mainstream, plus and
round dancing from 6:45
to 9:30 p.m. at the Seniors’
Drop-in Centre. Call 250493-8274 for info.
PENTICTON CONCERT BAND
holds rehearsals every
Tuesday from 7 to 8:30
p.m. Dixieland, Broadway,
big band music, classical
and more. New members
welcome. Phone Gerald at
250-809-2087 for info.
ANAVETS IS HOSTING karaoke at 5:30 p.m. Stu’s
May 10
kitchen open.
BUDDHIST
VIPASSANA PEACE, JUSTICE AND
Environment meets in the
MEDITATION and discussion
group meets Tuesdays 7:15 United Church parlour at
to 9:15 p.m. Call 250-462- noon. Homemade soup
served. Everyone wel1044 for details.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF come.
Eagles on 1197 Main St. THE PEACH BLOSSOM
has euchre starting at 7 Chorus invites the public
p.m. All members and to participate in the Joy
of Barbershop Harmony.
guests welcome.
PENTICTON WOMEN IN Join any or every Tuesday
Business luncheon will evening. Experience not
be at the Ramada Hotel. necessary, just a voice in
The Showcaser is Sharon tune from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Evans. Speaker is Jessie the Victory Church on
Campbell BAC-PR on 352 Winnipeg St. Call
Destination Penticton. 250-492-3032 or 250-494Members $20. Guests 0815.
$25. Non Members $30. VICTORY CHURCH OF
TOPS B.C. 4454 meets Penticton has a weekly
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in men’s breakfast bible
the basement of the Bethel study Tuesdays at 6 a.m. at
Church, 945 Main St. Debbie’s Diner.
Phone Tina at 250-770- SQUARE DANCING WILL be
1613 or Susan at 250-496- at 6:45p.m. at the Drop5931 for more informa- In Centre on 2965 South
Main St.
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6:30 p.m. at the Penticton
Seniors Drop-in Centre on
2965 South Main St. For
more info call Treena 250497-8901 or Fran 250497-7850.
AL-ANON for friends and
family of alcoholics meets
at 10:30 a.m. at 2800
South Main and 6:45
p.m. on 431 Winnipeg St.
Use entrance to right of
main door at 8 p.m. at
the Anglican Church in
Okanagan Falls. Call 250490-9272 for information.
SENIOR’S COMPUTER CLUB
on 439 Winnipeg St. has
membership infomation at
10:30 a.m. in the computer
annex room to be followed by a class sign-up
for January and February
in the main hall from 11
a.m. to noon.
MENTAL
WELLNESS
CENTRE has individual
support for family members in Summerland from
10 a.m. to noon at 13211
Henry St.
PENTICTON ACADEMY OF
Music has the children’s
choir under the direction of Joanne Forsyth
for children ages five
to 12 from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. and a Music Ladies
Choir from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at the Leir House
on 220 Manor Park Ave.
Also available is music
roots for children 2 to
5. Classes run until May
10 from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
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issues they had as new members of the
community meeting people close to their
own age that were young professionHow much can you say about your- als. They quickly moved forward with
self in eight minutes?
their idea of hosting events to connect
A lot, according to the ladies behind with others in the same situation. Their
Social Scene Events who have set up a first event, Celebrate Singledom, held
Speed Dating evening on May 12 from 7 in February at the Best Damn Sports
to 9 p.m. at Opus Café Bistro and Bar.
Bar, was a fundraiser for the Heart and
“The whole premise is that we are all Stroke Foundation. So far they have
busy and it is hard to meet people, so this also organized a speed networking night
way you can get everybody in a room at the Hooded Merganser and have
and you have eight minutes with each plans for charity fundraisers in August
person,” said
at Skaha Beach
Jill Veenendaal, “The whole premise is
for the Sunshine
creative affairs
Foundation.
officer for Social that we are all busy and
“We didn’t
Scene Events.
want
to be so
it is hard to meet peo“If
both
structured like
people
indi- ple, so this way you can say Business after
cate they want get everybody in a room Business.
We
to meet again
want to incorporthen we match and you have eight min- ate that networkthem and send utes with each person.” ing and presentathem the contact
tion, but also want
information. It is
to keep it fun and
— Jill Veenendaal
quite low risk for
light where people
people as well because feelings aren’t can kick back with a glass of wine,” said
hurt as easily and you can’t exchange Doherty.
information during the eight minutes.
The business concept of Social Scene
“We don’t want anyone feeling Events is simple: set up great events for
uncomfortable, so if you both agree young professionals and have a few
it’s a match then we are the ones that charity events each year to give back
exchange the information. You elimin- to organizations in the South Okanagan
ate that awkwardness of walking up to and Kelowna. At every regular event
a stranger and trying to strike up a con- they also set aside some of the revenue
versation because this is structured and for donation. But the main goal is for
we will have suggestions of what to talk young professionals to meet, network
about and what not to talk about before and make friends.
things start rolling.”
“I have already made a few new
In a span of about an hour-and-a- friends through events. It is hard to
half, those participating will meet up meet people here. We did research with
to 12 different individuals between the Statistics Canada to see if it is just
ages of 25-40. The Speed Dating event retired people here and it isn’t. There are
will happen after Opus Café and Bistro about 11,000 people in the demographic
is closed at 6 p.m. and tickets cost $25. we are trying to reach in the greater
Social Scene Events, came up with the Penticton area,” said Veenendaal.
idea after being frustrated themselves
Social Scene Events encourages
being new to the community and strug- charitable organizations and businesses
gling to meet people in an environment to contact them if they are interested
that didn’t involve yelling overtop of in working together to put on a event.
pounding bass at a nightclub.
For more information or to sign up
The four creators of the event organ- for Speed Dating visit their website
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Jenna Kantz was just
excited to be invited to
the party.
The hosts, Basketball
BC named her among the
three finalists for the Most
Outstanding Player award
for 2010-11.
Excitement turned
into shock when Kantz
heard her name as the
winner.
“I guess I felt she
(Jessica Franz, Capilano
College) would have
gotten it,” said Kantz, of
Franz, who was named
the BC Collegiate Athletic
Association Women’s
Basketball Player of the
Year. “It was nice that I
was awarded Basketball
B.C. Player of the Year.
“It just puts a really
nice end to my five years
of playing for UBCO,” she
continued. “Something
that I will be proud of.”
Her coach Heather
Semeniuk might be prouder. Kantz is known to
take recognition in stride.
When contacted by the
Western News, Semeniuk
was pleasantly surprised.
“Wow, so she beat
out those other two girls
(Franz and Chelsea
McMullen of Camosun
College)?” she responded.
“That is so awesome.”
That was just the start
of praising the Princess
Margaret grad.
“Jen, she is the whole
package. She is the student athlete. That is so
fitting and she is deserving. She graduated from
nursing with a 95 per cent
(mark). She did it all.”
During her five years,
Kantz scored 862 points
in 79 games and helped
the Heat win two provincial championships. In
her final season, Kantz
was first in assists per
game, averaging 5.35

PENTICTON’S Jenna Kantz was named the Most Outstanding Player by Basketball BC after ﬁnishing a stellar ﬁve-year career with the UBCO Heat.

and third in points 20.24
average. She was named
to the Canadian Colleges
Athletic Association AllCanadian team, CCAA
Athlete of the Month, a
BCCAA provincial allstar, BCCAA Athlete of
the Week and Provincial
tournament
all-star.
Semeniuk said Kantz is
the most accomplished
fifth-year player she has
coached in 17 years.
Ross Tomlinson, an
elite development man-

ager for Basketball BC,
said Kantz was chosen
because she had an
extremely good season.
“She was invaluable to her team and
made others better,” said
Tomlinson.
“She is a phenomenal
player,” added Semeniuk.
“She is exemplary in her
player personality. She
never questions a call.
She just plays. She loves
the game.
“You never get atti-

tude, I just think that
she’s the whole deal,”
continued Semeniuk.
Kantz, who completed her practicum
at Kelowna General
Hospital on Wednesday,
intends to play Kelowna’s
women’s league and has
been asked to coach with
regional teams. Next
week she begins her new
career as a nurse. “Pretty
exciting to actually be
done and start working,”
she said.

Sports

IN BRIEF
Mustangs going to Valleys

Princess Margaret Mustangs tennis team is going
to the valley championship May 11.The Mustangs
hosted the AA South Zone playoffs on May 3
and placed second after going 2-1. The Mustangs
began the playoff by defeating Summerland 9-2,
then shutout Oliver 11-0 before losing to Okanagan
Mission, who went undefeated in three matches.
Summerland also advanced to the Valley championship as they defeated Oliver 8-3. The winner of the
Valley championship will advance to provincials held

in Vancouver at the end of May.

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Triathlon BC. provincial duathlon in which participants
will complete a five kilometre run, 32-km bike and
another five-km run. Registration begins on race day
at 11:30 a.m. Charge is $50 with fees going towards
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a touch of mayhem in hit to pass,
with cars colliding and spinning
out around the track (bottom), but
pulling trailers adds an extra touch.
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his green machine straight over the
trailer pulled by Dale Breit in #70
(top), while Dale Atwood in yellow
#4, (middle) still has much of his
trailer remaining as he tries to pass
another driver on the straightaway.
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as their colleagues
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Like a kid carefully
building the foundation of
his Lego house, Penticton
Tim Horton’s Pinnacles
under-21 men’s coach
Tony Munoz has been
doing the same with his
soccer team.
On
Wednesday,
Munoz welcomed five
new players to practice
who are hoping to join the
mix as the Pinnacles kick

off its Pacific Coast Soccer
League season on Saturday
against Chilliwack FC at
King’s Park at 4 p.m.
“Unfortunately, we
haven’t had the numbers
we were hoping for,” said
Munoz. “We will have to
try some of these guys and
work them next week.”
Munoz is being patient
to field the best team. With
player numbers growing,
he plans to get into the
tactical side. Munoz feels
positive about the direc-

tion because there is a
strong nucleus of 20 to 21
year olds.
During the past two
weeks Munoz has been
working with his players
to show them how the
pros in Europe get ready.
Thus far, Munoz sees his
players adapting well and
that they are enjoying what
they are learning as they
have shifted some training
session from the pitch to
the beach.
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that we are playing a different type of game,” he
said. “An exciting game
and a game for the fans.”
Harry Holman, a
defender, likes what
Munoz has done and his
positive attitude.
“He’s trying things,”
said Holman, a third-year
Pinnacle. “It’s all a learning curve for us but we’re
enjoying it. It’s going to
be a fun game to play and
watch.”
Munoz has seen dedication from players as well
as respect for him and his
system. Munoz has also
seen improvement .
“They are full of vinegar,” said Munoz. “They
want to show me what
they have.”
Holman likes the
combination with veteran players. One is Neil
MacDonald, who Munoz
asked to join the team.
Playing in the 35 and
over league, MacDonald
brings experience for the
back end. MacDonald
expects there to be some
bumps, but sees eagerness. “It’s always good,
you start fresh,” said
MacDonald. “Whatever
happened last year is history. With a new coach
it’s exciting because there
is a new system and we
have new players.”

Rico Patrocinio would
love nothing more than
to join the ranks of his
favourite players Cristiano
Ronaldo and Javier
Hernandez.
“They are so smart,
just the way they play with
so much passion,” said
Patrocinio, of his footy
heroes.
The South Okanagan
Youth Soccer Association
product moved to
Guadalajara, Mexico in
January where he tried
out and earned a spot with
Estudiantes Tecos under16 youth team, which
plays at the top tier level.
Through a family contact,
Patrocinio was able to
make an impression on the
Tecos coaching staff.
“The
experience
has been amazing,” said
Patrocinio, who returned
to Penticton to spend
Easter with family. “It’s
just so much different
there because soccer here
and soccer there is totally
different. Competitively,
it’s like hockey here.”
While the Tecos have
won eight of their 10
games, it took Patrocinio a
few games to find his comfort level. He discovered
how quickly plays must
be made as the opposition
doesn’t give players much
time with the ball. Once
Patricinio figured things
out, he took off collecting
three assists while earn-

Mark Brett/Western News

RICO PATROCINIO has been improving his soccer
skills since joining Estudiantes Tecos in Mexico.

ing the acceptance of his
teammates.
“I’m playing as good
as I ever have,” said
Patrocinio, a centre midfielder.
Patrocinio takes nothing for granted and realizes
he has to work for playing
time, which has provided
him an inner determination.
“I thought, Oh yeah,
I will make pro,” he said.
“Now that I’m there, I really have to work harder.”
To get as far as he

has, Patrocinio has had
to make many sacrifices,
one of them being leaving
his family. While he was
joined by his sister Emily,
and has some family support on his mother’s side,
Patrocinio said it took time
to adjust to being away
from his family here, especially his father Tony.
“My son and I have
been really close friends
for a long time,” said Tony.
“He has been with me since
he was four. Always hanging around me doing the

work that I enjoy doing.”
Tony admits it’s hard
not having his son around,
but wanted to reward him
for being a good kid.
“It’s a life experience,” said Tony, who
owns Skaha Meadows
Golf Course and does
landscaping work. “It was
hard to send him away
but a little easier because
my daughter went with
him.”
Since the two reunited
during Easter, father
and son did what they
enjoy best, working on
the golf course and doing
landscape work. Oh, and
playing soccer.
“Just talking more as
friends than father and
son because that is the
way our relationship has
been built,” said Tony.
“Lots of memories kicking the ball. He has
always loved soccer.”
Tony has watched
his son’s games on the
Internet and seen photos,
but is planning a trip to
watch him. Tony has
seen maturity in his son
and from the feedback
he has heard, knows his
son is improving his soccer skills.
“He has a lot more
confidence and it’s a
different game down
there,” said Tony. “It’s
not physical, it’s more
based on the ability of
the player. They really
push the players. His
touches on the ball
certainly improved.”

No one is more passionate about
sports than Kelly Mann is.
As far as he’s concerned, youth
athletics and the community surrounding it is where it’s at.
The president and CEO of BC
Games has guided the province’s
Summer and Winter Games to great
heights through a passion for Mann
was in Vernon last week, to help the
host city launch the official countdown for the 2012 B.C. Winter
Games, set for Feb. 23-26.
In tandem with the launch
Mann announced a four-year partnership between the Games and
Black Press, parent company of The
Victoria News.
“While we sponsor literally
thousands of events each year, The
Games, both winter and summer
are on a scale that is one of the
largest opportunities to engage our
readers across B.C.,” said Candy
Hodson, senior vice president of

national sales and marketing for
Black Press.
“In covering the Games it allows
Black Press to also showcase our
best — we bring together ‘local’ on
a provincial scale,” she said.
Mann agreed the shared focus
on athletic promotion in the community between the BC Games and
Black Press is a perfect fit.
“Black Press papers and the
Winter and Summer Games are in
virtually every community in B.C.
Black Press will provide extensive
coverage and advertising to support
the BC Games and share the story
of how the Games impact athletes,
coaches, officials, volunteers and
communities.”
The partnership will coincide
with four games, the 2012 Summer
Games in Surrey and the 2014
Winter and Summer Games in
Mission and Nanaimo, respectively.
From his downtown Victoria
office, Mann overlooks the antique
section of Fort Street. It’s just a few
blocks down the road from Oak
Bay High, where he graduated in
1976.
It was there that Mann became

deeply rooted with the values of
youth sports, playing and managing
school teams.
He’s been with BC Games
since 1992 but also co-founded
the Kidsport Greater Victoria
chapter in 2002, one of the most
successful in the country.
When president Randy
Blair of the Black Press’ Lower
Mainland division proposed the
newspaper chain become one of
three corporate sponsors, Mann
knew the opportunity at hand.
“We want people to understand the competitive support
system in athletic development
in B.C.,” Mann said.
“You don’t hear of Ryder
Hesjedal as a BC Games athlete, you hear of him as a Tour
de France competitor. We talk
about athletes like they fell out
of a tree but really they’ve had a
support network since they were
eight. This (partnership) will add
greater depth to the role of athletes and the support network of
the development stage.”
—With files from Roger
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A man who spends his summers on Skaha Lake knows how
to tantalize the tastebuds of the
newest member of the Royal
Family.
Rob Baines is one of the
founders of Snog, a frozen yogurt
that lacks fat, sugar and is low in
calories.
“Our London shops attract
customers from Kate Middleton
and Prince Will to Madonna. It’s
London,” said Baines.
In fact, the store was recently
featured on CBS evening news as
being Middleton’s favourite treat.
Snog starts with choosing a yogurt
that is either natural, green tea or
chocolate and then pick the toppings, whether that’s a portion of
fruit, nuts, seeds or a gluten free
brownie or freshly baked cookie.
“I started Snog as I observed
that there were no healthy frozen
yogurt companies in the world.
Many claim they are healthy by
stating they are no fat, but unfortunately the product is loaded with
sugars and chemicals. I saw an
opportunity to develop a truly
healthy product,” said Baines.
“Snog is the only frozen yogurt
in the world that substitutes sugar
with Agave nectar and hence has
a low calorie and low glycemic
index.”
The name of the company
is a combination of snow and
yogurt. Baines wanted a British
name that was cheeky, memorable
and made people smile. There are

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five Snog shops in London and
opening throughout the Middle
East with various members of the
Royal family. Baines is currently
working to open stores in Brazil
and Columbia.
While Baines main residences
are in London and New York,
since the age of 12 he has spent
part of his summers in Penticton.
“I have a home on Skaha Lake
and I spend part of my summers
there. Such a wonderful place,”

said Baines. “My parents spend
the summer there as well so it is a
good opportunity for us to spend
time together.”
Baines, who moved from
Vancouver to London over 20
years ago, said there is one thing
that Penticton needs to complete
his vacations.
“I would love to open a shop
in Penticton one day, as in the
summer I really miss getting my
daily fix,” said Baines.

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Winemaking started as a hobby 25 years ago for
Bob Ferguson and Tim Watts.
The brothers-in-law are co-founders and co-winemakers of Kettle Valley Winery which is celebrating
their 20th vintage this year. When they planted their
first vineyards on the Naramata Bench, there were no
wineries opened. By the time they opened their tasting
room doors they were the fourth winery on the Bench
and only the 23rd in the province.
“For us, it has always been about the wine,” said
Watts. “It has been a passionate and memorable ride
so far and we look forward to rolling into our next 20
years of farming grapes and sharing the wine.”
Kettle Valley Winery produces 10,000 cases a
year from the 28-acres on the Naramata Bench and
14 acres in the Cawston/Keremeos area. They drew
their name from the Kettle Valley Railway which ran

through Naramata between 1915 and 1961 connecting
the Southern Interior to the markets of the Pacific
Northwest.
“This year we are proud to be celebrating 20 years
of making wine at our family farm winery,” said
Ferguson. “Over the years we have been most appreciative of the long standing relationships we have had
with wine consumers, restaurants and wine shops. All
of whom have been our customers and have become
our friends.”
Kettle Valley Winery plans on celebrating throughout the year with activities and events to mark the
occasion. On July 15, they are offering celebration
pricings, rolling back to original prices on select
wines. On July 15 they are offering celebration
pricings, rolling back to original prices on select
wines. The first offering on April 15 quickly sold out.
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Harley Biddlecombe was posthumously honoured with one of the
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service award.
Biddlecombe, who served as
Valley First president and chief
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Financial and the formation of First
West Credit Union. Unfortunately,
Biddlecombe died in October 2009
before he could see his hard work
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chamber members are
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memorial will be held for family and friends, May 7,
2011, 2-4pm, at the Ramada Ballroom, Penticton.

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City gets moving for health
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he World Health
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in his garden and sometimes
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